Monday, August 27, 2012

August 27, 2012

As for the mission,
definitely a crazy week!With transfers
and being a new trainer. My new comps name is Elder Bagshaw he's from
Centerville Utah.He's a cool kid, we
get along great already.He's pretty
quiet but opens up once you start to talk to him.Life is so much more busy than it was.Two hours of study on top of making sure I'm
prepared for district meeting and that everyone in the district knows their
responsibilities.Saturday was my first
district meeting, ha of coarse it didn't go perfect but we for sure had a lot
of fun in the process.It was a get to
know you district meeting to help everyone of coarse get to know each
other.It was fun!My new zone leader is Elder Winchester my
other comp from the MTC, haha!It was
really cool to be able to see him and spend time with him again.Makes me feel like we're back in the
MTC.We also recently got 2 new
investigators, Kennabell and Bill a couple with a few younger kids.We went over and taught then about the Book
of Mormon.Funny story when me and
Elder Kirton first went to try and set up an appointment Bill answered the door
and said OH NO only the King James Bible comes in this house none of that new
Mormon Bible stuff!Apparently his wife
was the one that received the Book of Mormon from the Nauvoo sisters.She came out and as she did Bill yelled from
the other room devil worshippers! haha =)We sat on the deck and started to talk to her about what the Book of
Mormon was and told her that it wasn't an interpretation of the Bible but was
another witness to strengthen peoples faith in Jesus Christ.At that point Bill came out and said well
now I want to hear about this!Apparently he was listening through the window! =)So we proceeded to tell them both about the
Book of Mormon and set up another time to come back.Me and Elder Bagshaw went over on Saturday
planning to teach the restoration but ended up answering a bunch more questions
about the Book of Mormon.Bill really
wanted to hear a story out of the BoM so of coarse I told him the story of
Ammon, =) and asked him what he thought.He said that's a great story.I
asked what he got out of it and he said well the Lord was able to give him
strength to defeat those guys and I said exactly, the Lord is able to help us
in all things.At that point they were
so excited about the BoM they just wanted us to leave so they could sit and
read it!It was an awesome lesson, and
we're excited to see them again this week.